GSK has promoted Tugbay Ekinli to Vice President & Head of Legal International.
Ekinli has been with the pharmaceutical company for almost two decades, joining in 2007 as its Corporate & Legal Affairs Director. In 2011, he left for a year to work as the General Counsel & Legal Director at 3M, returning to GSK in 2012 in the role of Area Legal Director Middle East & Africa. He worked as the Head of Legal Operations Middle East North Africa / CIS & Russia between 2014 and 2015 and as the Singapore-based VP Head of Legal Emerging Markets between 2017 and 2025.
Prior to GSK, Ekinli worked as the Head of Legal Affairs at Peugeot Turkey between 2006 and 2007, Legal Affairs Manager at Tepe Emlak Investment Construction INC. between 2003 and 2006, and Legal Affairs Manager at the Factoring & Leasing Group between 2000 and 2003.
